The timing of seed dispersal in Viola nuttallii: attraction of dispersers and avoidance of predators

Abstract

The hypothesis that a sychrony of the time of seed dispersal and the period when most ants (mutualists) and least rodents (predators) are active would be advantageous to the plant species is discussed.

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